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An F/A-18A Hornet makes a final approach while making an arrested landing aboard the nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz
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Pacific Ocean (Mar. 21, 2003) An F/A-18A Hornet assigned to the Warhawks of Strike Fighter Squadron Nine Seven (VFA-97) makes a final approach while making an arrested landing aboard the nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). Nimitz and her embarked Carrier Air Wing Eleven (CVW-11) are conducting missions in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. U.S. Navy photo by Airman Maebel Tinoko. File# 030321-N-2143T-003
Aircraft carriers are warships that act as airbases for carrier-based aircraft. In the United States Navy, these consist of ships commissioned with hull classification symbols CV (aircraft carrier), CVA (attack aircraft carrier), CVB (large aircraft carrier), CVL (light aircraft carrier), CVN (aircraft carrier (nuclear propulsion) and CVAN (attack aircraft carrier (nuclear propulsion). The first aircraft carrier commissioned into the United States Navy was USS Langley (CV-1) on 20 March 1922.
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